I once saw a tweet by a Pixar exec which likened the classic 3-act structure to a poker game but, for the life of me, I can’t find the tweet (or Twitter account) anywhere. ** MAY 2016 UPDATE: Found the source, finally! It’s Emma Coats, who was working at Pixar at the time, and was…...Read more

** PLUGGING COURSES BEGINS ** In June, I’m running a two-day workshop on ‘Writing for Kids TV’. Very excited about this one, it’s going to be a cracker, especially as it’s held in the stunning location of Kingston Lacey in Dorset (it’s a non-residential workshop, though). Full details & bookings are HERE but if you…...Read more

This is a post from my old blog but giving it a re-up here in case it’s of interest, talking about feature scripts but applies to TV, too. — Ah, the joys of script reading. Script after script after script, report after report after report. As soon as you get into the reading routine, you…...Read more

Our Kickstarter campaign for Who Killed Nelson Nutmeg? is now live! Check out the video below, and support us if you can. And further down the post, I outline everything we’ve done up until this point to develop the idea. Tim and I are joining forces to co-write & co-direct (Coen Bros style!) as we…...Read more